Some of you know I was offline for a bit this week for surgery. What you didn’t know (and what I didn’t know until about 2 hours ago) is that the surgery has uncovered cancer.
I’m intentionally using “c” cancer and not “C” Cancer because 6 months ago the biopsies I had done were pre-cancerous with no sign of cancer proper.
So, whatever it is, it developed in the last 6 months and I take that as a good sign.
From here I need to focus on doing what the docs tell me to do starting with blood tests tomorrow, then we’re doing genetic stuff and a CT scan, that will tell us the official “stage” of the cancer.
My plan is to come back, but it won’t be immediate and I don’t (yet) have any sort of timeline. My ideas are probably more aggressive than the doctors and insurance will allow. 😉
So I’m planning on the worst, doing paperwork, advanced directives, all the stuff you don’t usually have to think about. Then we’ll see where it goes.
I wish Lemmy all the luck in the world!
Hope you beat this thing as quickly and smoothly as possible, so I can be annoyed at your modding style again! Jokes aside, take care, all the best wishes for a successful recovery that is very boring and predictable.
I had to call THREE hospitals to get a CT scan in a reasonable amount of time. First one said “April” and I was like “No.”
2nd one said 2/18 which is better, but still 29 days out and I don’t want to sit and ruminate on the diagnosis that long.
3rd one? 1 week. 1/27! I think that’s about as good as I can get.